Automated assembly and packaging system

Details Automated assembly and packaging system Automated assembly and packaging system

1990-02-23

1991-08-20

Kostak, Victor R.

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Facsimile

Specific signal processing circuitry

364478, 901 8, H04N 718

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active

050419072

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for picking up and manipulating randomly oriented and randomly positioned objects moving on an object belt and transferring them to randomly oriented and randomly positioned destinations moving on a destination belt. An image processing unit using a vision system identifies and locates objects and destinations in successive overlapping vision windows up to a predetermined optimum number of objects. The locations of those objects and destinations are entered in an output queue which is transmitted to the object and destination location queues of a first robot motion controller. The first robot picks up and deposits to destinations all the objects it can in the time available while the objects and destinations pass, and enters the locations of the objects not picked up and destinations to which no object is placed in an output queue which is transmitted to the object and destination location queues of a second robot motion controller. The robots can be arranged in a series of any number and the image processing units and vision systems can also be arranged in a series.

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